The Senate impeachment trial of President Trump is hinging on U.S. foreign aid to Ukraine. The Democratic House impeachment managers flogged the details of that aid so hard that even policy junkies are ready for cry for mercy. But almost no one is mentioning that foreign aid has been a perpetual boondoggle for more than […]
Chicago AM 560 and Salem Radio host Dan Proft and I had fun hammering the REAL I.D. Act and the follies and menaces it is unleashing. The 13 minute interview was spurred by my American Conservative article, “How Washington Is Ramming REAL ID Down Our Throats” You can listen or download the interview by clicking […]
My old friend Scott Horton interviewed me on my article on how the REAL I.D. Act is sowing chaos around the nation. Here’s the summary from Scott’s website: Jim Bovard talks about the federal pressure for states to comply with their “REAL ID” laws, which place higher standards on proving one’s identity and may require […]
American Conservative How Washington Is Ramming REAL ID Down Our Throats For years both conservative and liberal states resisted it. But now it’s here and the punishments for non-compliance begin. by James Bovard January 24, 2020|12:01 am Jim Bovard Being a patriotic citizen and a former Boy Scout, I recently answered the summons to my […]
“Why is Mr. Bovard considered so out of it in other words?” PBS Newshour host Jim Lehrer asked the other panelists as a 1990 brawl on farm subsidies wrapped up. Shocked, shocked that PBS considered me a radical…. Jim Lehrer passed away today. He was a legend of Washington broadcast journalism – a gracious host […]
If you’re seeking to understand how NATO became a peril to keeping America at peace, check out an excellent new book by my friend Ted Carpenter, NATO: The Dangerous Dinosaur. NATO did superb work thwarting Soviet aggression in Europe. But NATO had no purpose after the Soviet Union dissolved. Unfortunately, NATO responded by continually expanding, […]
President Trump added former Special Counsel Ken Starr to his legal team for his Senate impeachment trial. Starr is idolized by some conservatives but when he was Solicitor General for President George H.W. Bush, he championed some of the worst civil liberties abuses in modern times. Here’s my 1999 Playboy piece on his forgotten record. […]